- November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing
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November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing Location Mall Road, Saddar, Rawalpindi Date 2 November 2009
1040 hrs (PST+5)Attack type Suicide attack[1] Death(s) 35[2] Injured 60[3] Suspected perpetrator(s) Taliban[4] The November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing was a suicide attack carried out in front of the Mall Road branch of National Bank of Pakistan in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The blast area was considered to be a very safe and high security place which was subjected to a 22-hour siege by militants. Taliban blamed for this deadly blast which occurred when Pakistan government announced £3m in rewards for the capture of the Taliban leadership.
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Red indicates the deadliest terrorist attack to date2001 1st Bahawalpur2002 2003 1st Quetta – 1st Rawalpindi2004 2005 1st Mandi Bahauddin (Ahmadiyya)2006 4th Karachi – 1st Dargai2007 2008 2nd Charsadda – Parachinar – 1st Swat – 1st Darra Adam Khel – 1st Islamabad – 2nd Islamabad – Wah – 2nd Swat – 1st Peshawar – 3rd Islamabad – Orakzai – 2nd Peshawar2009 2nd Lahore (Lankan cricket) – 1st Khyber – 3rd Lahore – 4th Islamabad – Chakwal – 4th Lahore – Upper Dir – 3rd Peshawar – 5th Lahore – Khanewal – Kohat – 4th Peshawar – 4th Rawalpindi – Shangla – 6th Lahore – 5th Islamabad – 5th Peshawar – 5th Rawalpindi – 6th Peshawar – 6th Rawalpindi – 7th Lahore – 1st Dera Ghazi Khan – 1st Lower Dir – 6th Karachi2010 Lakki Marwat – 1st Bajaur – 2nd Lower Dir – 7th Karachi – 2nd Khyber – 3rd Khyber – 8th Lahore – 9th/10th Lahore – 7th Peshawar – 2nd/3rd Kohat – 8th Peshawar – 11th Lahore (Ahmadiyya) – 12th Lahore (Sufi) – 1st Mohmand Agency – 13th Lahore (Shia) – 3rd Quetta – 2nd Darra Adam Khel – 8th Karachi (CID) – 2nd Mohmand Agency – 2nd Bajaur2011 Faisalabad – 9th Peshawar – 2nd Dera Ghazi Khan – 3rd Charsadda – PNS Mehran – 10th Peshawar – Khyber Agency – 9th Karachi (target killings) – 1st Mastung
The blast occurred when an alleged suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew up himself outside the door of a local bank near Shalimar Hotel behind Pearl Continental Hotel, which is also a commercial area.
A witness to the blast said, "We were sitting on the second floor of our office. It was a huge blast, Our building shook as if in an earthquake and when we came out there was smoke everywhere and body parts were thrown into our office."[5]
Rescue teams have arrived on the blast area and emergency declared in major hospitals while many education institutions were closed in city and high security deployed in the sensitive areas.[6]
Reaction
The blast provoked condemnations from President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, and many religious leaders and local politicians.[7]
See also
- List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001
- List of terrorist incidents, 2009
- December 2009 Rawalpindi attack
References
- ^ "Huge blast hits Rawalpindi safe zone". Dawn News. 2009-11-02. http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/09-blast-on-mall-road-in-rawalpindi--szh-05. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ "Blast in Rwp; GHQ being secured". Samaa Tv. 2 November 2009. http://www.samaa.tv/News14237-Blast_in_Rwp_GHQ_being_secured.aspx. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ "Pakistan takes Taliban stronghold". BBC News. 2009-11-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8337211.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ Walsh, Declan (2009-11-02). "Taliban blamed for deadly Rawalpindi bombing". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/02/pakistan-bombing-rawalpindi-taliban. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ "Suicide bike bomber kills 24 at Pakistan hotel". Samaa Tv. 2009-11-02. http://www.samaa.tv/afpHeadlinedetails.aspx?loc=AFP-English-SouthAsia-Top-newsmlmmd.0e2f8657414841fdf95a395e111b54ec.1b1. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/09-blast-on-mall-road-in-rawalpindi--szh-05
- ^ http://www.geo.tv/11-2-2009/52238.htm
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- Suicide bombings in Pakistan
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